ML23326A025
| ML23326A025 | |
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|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 11/20/2023 |
| From: | Garstin A Inwater Research Group |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML23326A025 (9) | |
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From: agarstin@inwater.org Sent: Monday, November 20, 2023 9:15 PM To: 'Koperski, Meghan' Cc: 'Eldridge, Jodie'; 'Marine Turtle Permits'; 'Michael Bresette';
EndangeredSpecies Resource; 'SCO'; 'Vince Munne'; 'Eaton, Kristin';
'William Nurnberger'; audra.livergood@noaa.gov; 'Cody Mott'; 'Ryan Welsh'; 'Jeff Guertin'; 'Annessia Michaels'; 'Andrea Fisher';
Robert.Craven@fpl.com; Damon.Hobson@fpl.com; Andrew.McHenry@fpl.com; Timothy.Falkiewicz@fpl.com
Subject:
[External_Sender] October 2023 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: fpl st lucie cpture summary 2023.pdf; monthly report notes 2023.pdf; October Marine Turtule Captures.pdf Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469
Subject:
Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary October 2023
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for October 2023. This month we captured 20 Caretta caretta and 37 Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. One sea turtle was sent for rehabilitation (non-causal), and there were no mortalities recorded this month. As with all sea turtle strandings at the St. Lucie Plant, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) was consulted, and stranding forms were filed with the state through the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network.
One sea turtle was sent to rehab for non-causal injuries this month. On October 23rd, a sub-adult loggerhead was encountered with a 10 x 4 cm wound and a 5 cm wound with bone tissue exposed, both on the plastron. This turtle was taken to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach for rehab.
Because these injuries were unrelated to the power plant, they were classified as non-causal strandings.
The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered negligible-to-light amounts of algae and negligible-to-severe amounts of jellyfish this past month. IRG performed around-the-clock monitoring of the intake canal and barrier net system either as warranted by sufficiently high debris intrusion levels or whenever directed by FPL oversight personnel. Furthermore, Underwater Engineering Services (UESI) divers inspected and cleaned the 5-inch barrier net as needed. Altogether, the primary barrier net has performed as designed and no turtles have been observed beyond the 5inch net.
The tag numbers and morphometric data for all turtles captured during the month have been included with this report (see attachments/addendums). Also included is a spreadsheet for all captures, mortalities, injuries, and causal events delineated by species and by month for 2023. In addition, this
spreadsheet tracks fresh scrapes incurred on captured turtles for the current month, as well as the entire year.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely, Aaron Garstin Environmental Specialist Inwater Research Group, Inc.
4160 NE Hyline Dr.
Jensen Beach, FL 34957 agarstin@inwater.org (201) 301-4563
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[External_Sender] October 2023 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 11/20/2023 9:14:31 PM Received Date: 11/20/2023 9:14:58 PM From: agarstin@inwater.org Created By: agarstin@inwater.org Recipients:
"'Eldridge, Jodie'" <Jodie.Eldridge@nexteraenergy.com>
Tracking Status: None
"'Marine Turtle Permits'" <MTP@myfwc.com>
Tracking Status: None
"'Michael Bresette'" <mbresette@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "EndangeredSpecies Resource" <EndangeredSpecies.Resource@nrc.gov>
Tracking Status: None
"'SCO'" <SCO@dep.state.fl.us>
Tracking Status: None
"'Vince Munne'" <Vince.Munne@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None
"'Eaton, Kristin'" <Kristin.Eaton@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None
"'William Nurnberger'" <William.Nurnberger@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "audra.livergood@noaa.gov" <audra.livergood@noaa.gov>
Tracking Status: None
"'Cody Mott'" <cmott@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None
"'Ryan Welsh'" <rwelsh@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None
"'Jeff Guertin'" <jguertin@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None
"'Annessia Michaels'" <amichaels@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None
"'Andrea Fisher'" <afisher@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "Robert.Craven@fpl.com" <Robert.Craven@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Damon.Hobson@fpl.com" <Damon.Hobson@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Andrew.McHenry@fpl.com" <Andrew.McHenry@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Timothy.Falkiewicz@fpl.com" <Timothy.Falkiewicz@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None
"'Koperski, Meghan'" <Meghan.Koperski@MyFWC.com>
Tracking Status: None Post Office: inwater.org
Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 2382 11/20/2023 9:14:58 PM fpl st lucie cpture summary 2023.pdf 249862 monthly report notes 2023.pdf 188512 October Marine Turtule Captures.pdf 383298 Options Priority: Normal Return Notification: No Reply Requested: No Sensitivity: Normal Expiration Date:
Loggerheads Green turtles Hawksbills Leatherbacks Kemp's ridley Olive ridley (Chelonia (Eretmochelys (Dermochelys (Lepidochelys (Lepidochelys (Caretta caretta) mydas) imbricata) coriacea) kempii) olivacea) Overall Totals Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Oct-23 Date Oct-23 Date Oct-23 Date Oct-23 Date Oct-23 Date Oct-23 Date Oct-23 Date Captures 20 342 37 405 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 1 57 755 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Causal Injuries 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Sent to rehab 1 8 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Oct-23 Date Oct-23 Date Oct-23 Date Oct-23 Date Oct-23 Date Oct-23 Date Oct-23 Date None 1 17 0 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 44 Minor 19 313 37 358 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 56 678 Moderate 0 12 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 0.0% 3.5% 0.0% 5.2% NA 0.0% NA 0.0% NA 0.0% NA 0.0% 0.0% 4.4%
NOTES
- 1. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 2). Healed notches on posterior carapace and distal RFF. Extra vertebral scute.
- 2. RECAPTURE, from: 1/31/22. Missing 20% LRF, healed. Extra vertebral and right costal scute. No new inconel tags applied due to tag scars.
- 3. RECAPTURE, from: 11/22/19, 5/6/23, 5/17/23.
- 4. RECAPTURE, from: 10/2/23. Kyphotic carapace. Missing 30% of LRF, healed. Healed notch on distal LFF.
- 5. RECAPTURE, from: 4/20/23, 8/18/13. New inconel tags applied to both FFs.
- 6. RECAPTURE, from 10/7/17, 9/30/22, 9/23/23. Large indentation in right anterior carapace from previous healed injury. Vomited jellyfish.
- 7. RECAPTURE, from: 10/19/21, 5/3/22, 10/22/22, 11/12/22, 1/15/23, 2/21/23, 4/1/23, 4/27/23, 7/8/23, 9/7/23.
PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 5). LRF 10% missing, healed.
- 8. RECAPTURE, from 5/20/22, 11/13/22, 11/16/22. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1
{light}, Total Tumor Score = 6). Paps at flipper tag sites. Pap on ventral base of RFF, bulbous and at injury site, healed.
- 9. RECAPTURE, from 6/16/22, 8/4/22, 8/31/23. Tags were both re-crimped.
- 10. RECAPTURE, from 8/11/23.
- 11. Adult male loggerhead. TL= 439 mm. Healed notch missing from LFF. Multiple healed propeller stikes on carapace.
- 12. RECAPTURE, from 10/29/08, 1/17/14, 5/7/14, 1/27/15, 3/1/15, 12/23/15, 1/30/16, 6/2/16, 1/5/17, 6/1/17, 9/27/17, 1/2/18, 7/3/18, 8/28/18, 4/18/19, 10/4/19, 11/30/20, 1/23/21, 12/12/22, 5/6/23, 5/15/23. Missing 10% RRF, healed. No new inconel tags due to multiple tag scars.
- 13. RECAPTURE, from 5/20/22, 11/13/22, 11/16/22, 10/12/23. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 5). Bulbous end at old injury site, healed.
- 14. RECAPTURE, from 12/13/20, 12/2/22, 2/7/23. Turtle missing 5% LFF.
- 15. RECAPTURE, from 5/17/23.
- 16. RECAPTURE, from 10/9/11, 1/8/12, 2/5/12, 5/24/12, 7/5/12, 4/3/13, 4/20/13, 8/31/13, 10/5/20, 8/12/23. Multiple tag scars in both front flippers.
- 17. Adult female loggerhead. TL= 175 mm. Flipper damage - missing (healing) 50% LFF, missing (healing) 40%
RFF.
Healing wounds on ventral side of LFF and LRF. Healing wound on dorsal side of RFF. Old shark rakings on plastron.
- 18. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL): STSSN#. Turtle transported to LMC for 10 x 4 cm healing wound and 5 cm with bone exposed and 5 cm open wound to plastron. No tags inserted due to transport to rehab. Healed notch in RFF.
25% RRF and 5% LRF missing, healed. CMCL: 79.3 cm OB.
- 19. RECAPTURE, from 2/15/15, 1/28/22. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 1).
FFT495 newly applied to RFF.
- 20. RECAPTURE, from: 10/2/23, 10/5/23. Kyphotic carapace. Missing 30% of LRF, healed.
- 21. RECAPTURE, from 7/19/18, 12/10/18, 3/31/19, 12/9/19, 1/7/20, 2/15/20, 5/5/20, 8/11/20, 10/25/20, 1/13/21, 4/22/21, 1/5/22, 3/17/22, 10/6/22, 12/22/22, 4/8/23, 6/2/23, 6/9/23. 5% missing healed LFF. 15% missing healed LRF, 30% missing healed RRF. Small healed notches on left pygal. No new metal tag applied to LFF due to extensive tag scarring.
- 22. RECAPTURE, from 8/4/02, 9/17/02, 11/5/02, 4/15/03, 7/1/03, 2/16/04, 4/11/05, 6/19/06, 9/16/06, 8/15/07, 8/7/08, 7/28/09, 11/9/09, 12/3/12, 12/2/13, 2/13/14. No new Inconel tags inserted due to tag scars.
- 23. RECAPTURE, from: 10/19/21, 5/3/22, 10/22/22, 11/12/22, 1/15/23, 2/21/23, 4/1/23, 4/27/23, 7/8/23, 9/7/23, 10/8/23. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 6). Healed wound on LRF.
SMCL = Straight Minimum Carapace Length SMCL = Straight Standard Carapace Length CSCL = Curved Standard Carapace Length CMCW = Curved Maximum Carapace Width SMCW = Straight Maximum Carapace Width SMPL = Straight Midline Plastron Length
MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Date Species Note Tag #'s (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) Method 10/1/2023 Chelonia mydas 1 FFT436/FFT437 60.0 60.0 64.0 58.2 49.1 53.9 33.2 North net 10/2/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT439/FFT438 32.1 32.6 34.0 28.1 25.9 26.8 4.3 South net 10/2/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0239/IRG0240 26.5 26.9 27.7 23.7 21.9 23.4 2.4 Dip net 10/2/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT440/FFT441 50.8 51.9 55.7 47.3 38.1 41.9 16.1 North net 10/3/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT442/FFT443 61.5 62.0 66.2 52.6 43.9 49.6 30.7 South net 10/4/2023 Chelonia mydas 2 / 33.8 33.9 35.3 30.4 27.3 28.5 4.8 South net 10/5/2023 Chelonia mydas 3 FFS033/FFS034 49.6 49.8 53.0 48.1 38.5 41.6 16.8 South net 10/5/2023 Chelonia mydas 4 FFT440/FFT441 50.8 51.6 55.9 47.4 38.1 42.0 16.0 South net 10/5/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT444/FFT445 29.7 30.1 31.2 26.8 24.3 24.3 3.1 South net 10/5/2023 Caretta caretta 5 FFT446/FFT447 77.0 77.5 84.8 76.9 60.9 60.0 67.2 North net 10/5/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT448/FFT449 63.5 63.9 69.5 60.2 49.7 52.5 32.9 South net 10/6/2023 Chelonia mydas 6 FFT410/FFT411 47.3 47.6 49.7 42.7 36.2 40.4 14.7 Dip net 10/6/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT450/FFT451 32.6 32.8 34.0 30.0 26.9 27.5 4.7 Dip net 10/6/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT452/FFT453 30.6 31.0 32.4 26.5 23.9 26.0 3.7 Dip net 10/6/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT454/FFT455 40.7 40.7 43.2 39.4 34.1 33.8 9.3 Dip net 10/6/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0241/IRG0242 28.5 29.4 30.5 27.1 24.0 23.8 2.9 Dip net 10/6/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0243/IRG0244 26.9 27.1 28.2 22.3 20.6 22.2 2.4 Dip net 10/7/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT456/FFT457 42.0 42.5 44.3 36.7 31.3 34.3 8.8 South net 10/7/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT458/FFT459 44.3 44.6 46.4 40.2 34.6 36.3 10.9 Dip net 10/7/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT460/FFT461 56.7 57.2 60.6 55.5 45.2 46.7 24.1 South net 10/7/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0246/IRG0247 26.7 27.4 28.9 24.9 23.2 23.0 2.6 Dip net 10/8/2023 Caretta caretta 7 FFE439/FFE440 68.0 69.6 73.0 67.7 54.1 51.6 44.4 North net 10/11/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT462/FFT463 73.4 74.2 78.4 74.1 59.5 60.4 58.3 South net 10/11/2023 Caretta caretta FFT464/FFT465 63.5 64.8 68.2 65.5 51.5 49.9 35.9 North net 10/12/2023 Chelonia mydas 8 FFE635/FFE636 44.9 45.6 47.5 40.9 34.1 36.9 12.2 North net 10/12/2023 Chelonia mydas 9 FFT334/FFT335 40.6 40.7 43.3 36.7 31.0 33.0 9.3 North net
10/13/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT466/FFT468 50.1 50.7 53.0 45.2 38.1 39.9 16.3 South net 10/13/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0249/IRG0250 28.0 28.6 30.0 26.9 23.2 22.8 2.3 Dip net 10/14/2023 Caretta caretta 10 FFT282/ 70.6 71.7 77.8 69.8 56.6 53.2 52.2 South net 10/15/2023 Chelonia mydas /FFT470 32.1 32.3 34.2 29.6 26.1 26.5 4.4 Dip net 10/16/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT471/FFT472 46.8 46.9 49.2 44.4 37.8 39.1 13.4 South net 10/16/2023 Caretta caretta 11 FFT473/FFT474 90.6 91.5 97.9 89.6 62.6 63.7 90.8 South net 10/16/2023 Caretta caretta FFT475/FFT476 77.8 79.5 86.5 78.6 64.2 59.1 72.1 South net 10/17/2023 Caretta caretta FFT477/FFT478 61.0 61.7 65.7 64.9 51.6 48.6 34.3 North net 10/17/2023 Caretta caretta FFT479/FFT480 58.4 59.9 62.1 60.6 48.7 47.5 33.3 South net 10/17/2023 Caretta caretta FFT481/FFT482 65.6 66.9 70.6 72.6 56.3 51.4 40.5 South net 10/18/2023 Chelonia mydas 12 / 69.4 69.5 74.6 65.1 53.0 56.1 45.6 South net 10/18/2023 Chelonia mydas 13 FFE635/FFE636 45.2 45.6 47.6 40.9 35.3 37.8 12.0 Dip net 10/18/2023 Chelonia mydas 14 FFM082/FFM083 51.5 52.2 54.7 51.3 41.1 43.0 19.5 South net 10/18/2023 Chelonia mydas 15 FFS145/ 32.6 32.8 34.5 28.2 24.5 26.6 4.3 Dip net 10/18/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT483/FFT484 30.5 30.7 31.8 25.9 24.6 25.8 3.4 Dip net 10/18/2023 Caretta caretta FFT485/FFT486 72.2 73.8 79.5 74.0 57.9 57.1 64.7 South net 10/19/2023 Caretta caretta 16 FFT288/FFT289 77.7 79.3 85.2 72.3 59.2 61.1 62.1 South net 10/19/2023 Caretta caretta 17 FFT487/FFT488 83.4 86.2 92.1 80.7 64.1 65.5 88.3 South net 10/19/2023 Caretta caretta FFT489/FFT490 65.2 67.0 71.1 65.2 51.4 52.4 41.1 South net 10/20/2023 Caretta caretta FFT491/FFT492 71.3 71.6 77.5 71.1 56.6 56.6 47.2 South net 10/21/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0251/IRG0252 28.9 29.6 30.6 25.1 22.8 23.8 2.8 Dip net 10/21/2023 Caretta caretta FFT493/FFT494 67.6 68.7 72.5 70.5 56.5 53.1 40.6 South net 10/23/2023 Caretta caretta 18 / 73.5 74.9 80.3 73.6 61.2 55.5 52.0 North net 10/23/2023 Chelonia mydas 19 FFE530/FFT495 69.9 70.3 75.8 68.6 54.6 54.7 45.1 North net 10/25/2023 Caretta caretta FFT496/FFT497 65.7 66.4 71.1 68.1 54.3 52.7 43.0 South net 10/26/2023 Chelonia mydas 20 FFT440/FFT441 50.9 51.7 55.0 47.1 38.0 42.2 15.9 South net 10/26/2023 Caretta caretta FFT498/FFT499 68.7 70.6 74.6 71.2 56.8 54.2 49.1 South net 10/28/2023 Chelonia mydas 21 /FFM431 54.1 54.1 57.6 52.7 41.9 44.5 20.8 South net 10/29/2023 Caretta caretta 22 / 82.4 83.2 89.0 79.1 63.7 64.3 86.2 South net
10/29/2023 Caretta caretta 23 FFE439/FFE440 67.9 69.8 72.6 67.4 54.9 51.9 42.2 South net 10/30/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT500/FFT501 30.9 31.1 32.0 26.1 24.2 25.9 3.7 South net